MANAMA, 7 December 2020. (TON): Prince Turki al-Faisal, who heads Saudi Intelligence while describing Israel as a Western colonizing power spoke the words of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman by warning Israel that any normalization deals will be conditional to Palestinians obtaining their own independent state.

At Bahrain security summit he highlighted Palestinian cause and said, Israel has “incarcerated in concentration camps under the flimsiest of security accusation; young and old, women and men, who are rotting there without recourse to justice”. He said, “They are demolishing homes as they wish and they assassinate whomever they want.”

Saudi Arabia has made a number of times made quite clear that any normalization between Israel and Saudi Arabia can only happen if Tel Aviv agrees to a lasting peace agreement involving a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

Meanwhile, Israeli Foreign Minister Gabi Ashkenazi, commenting over Saudi policy said: “I would like to express my regret on the comments of the Saudi representative… I don’t believe that they reflect the spirit and the changes taking place in the Middle East.”